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Shoulder adhesive capsulitis in the early freezing phase: correlations between blood exams and Constant Score

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We analysed the possibility that some blood values could be considered as a prognostic index of shoulder adhesive capsulitis. Fifty-six conservatively treated patients were clinically evaluated and prospectively followed at the moment of their freezing phase. At the beginning of the disease (time 0) and after 4 months (time 1), we registered some blood parameters values and their Constant Score (CS). Differences emerged for the white blood cell count (P = 0.037) that decreased and for the CS (P < 0.00001) that increased. At time 0, no significant correlation emerged between the studied parameters and the CS. At time 1, significant inverse correlations with the CS were found for glycaemia (P = 0.007), triglycerides (P = 0.05), ESR (P = 0.017) and CRP (P = 0.013). At time 1, patients with a better shoulder function were those with a low value of glycaemia, triglycerides, ESR and CRP.

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  1. Deptartment of Orthopaedic Surgery Policlinico Umberto I, University of Sapienza, Rome, Italy

    Stefano Gumina, Stefano Carbone & Franco Postacchini

  2. Sant’Andrea Hospital, University of Sapienza, Rome, Italy

    Dario Perugia

  3. Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Sapienza, Rome, Italy

    Anna R. Vestri

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Gumina, S., Carbone, S., Perugia, D. et al. Shoulder adhesive capsulitis in the early freezing phase: correlations between blood exams and Constant Score. Musculoskelet Surg 95 (Suppl 1), 37–42 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12306-011-0121-z

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